MediaFest 08
Celebrating 25 years of Media
The National Media Museum is 25 years old in 2008 and as part of the anniversary celebrations we presented the first MediaFest conference, taking place on Saturday 18th October 2008.
Keynote Address - download mp3 (21mb)
Charlie Beckett presented the keynote speech, exploring the changing media climate in the 21st Century.
Blue Peter Uncovered - download mp3 (22mb)
Hear the three pioneers of Blue Peter; Biddy Baxter, Edward Barnes and Rosemary Gill discuss the early days and impact of the programme over the past 50 years.
Future of Childrens Television - download mp3 (16mb)
As children’s television changes hear Tim Levell, Anna Home and James Thickett discuss their views on where they feel the industry is heading.
Northern Innovation - download mp3 (30mb)
To mark the ten-year anniversary of Freeserve, MediaFest was pleased to welcome founding member Ajaz Ahmed to talk about how Freeserve kick-started British internet use and how the industry will now develop.
Citizen Journalism - download mp3 (29mb)
As conusmers and creators of journalism, we now live in an age of immediacy wherby the old rules of journalism have been realigned to meet 21st century demand. Hear Brigitte Lardinois, Dr Ben Roberts, Charlie Beckett and Martin Stephens debate the ongoing changes and explore the future of journalism.
Radio Realised - download mp3 (25mb)
Chaired by Iain Baird, this session considered the nature of the radio industry. With industry insight from Damian Radcliffe and Matt Deegan, hear how radio output has changed over the past 25 years and how it will continue to do so over the next 25.
My Media - download mp3 (22mb)
In this session, Janet Street-Porter spoke about her varied and colourful career, providing some valuable insights into the changing nature of the media world over the past 25 years.
Cyber psychology - download mp3 (25mb)
In an age where we are under constant scrutiny, hear Dr Monica Whitty and Dr Jill Arnold from Nottingham Trent University discuss the emergence of cyber psychology and how it impacts on our understanding of the digital world.
Future of the Media - download mp3 (28mb)
In the final session of the day, speakers from throughout the day looked forward to the future of the media industry and made predictions about where the industry is heading.
With insights from those who are involved in the day to day workings of the various industries, this session explored the evolution and growth of a burgeoning cultural and digital landscape in the 21st century.
Celluloid Sinatra: An Illustrated Talk
Thursday 26 June
Adrian Wootton, CEO of Film London and long-time Sinatra aficionado, gives an overview of Frank Sinatra’s life and movie career. Adrian looked at Sinatra’s 60-plus years in showbiz and the more than 50 feature films he appeared in.
Celluloid Sinatra - download mp3 (32mb)
Photography Symposium Dramatic Reality:
Photojournalism
and Documentary
Photography Today
On April 25th 2008 the National Media Museum presented a day of talks from photographers and photography scholars exploring how global events and concerns are accurately documented in an age of increasing globalisation, centralisation and commercialism
Geoff Dyer - download mp3 (21mb)
Listen to his keynote address
Paul Lowe - download mp3 (15.1mb)
Fugitive shadows, Tracing the legacy of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans in contemporary documentary photography.
Simon Roberts - download mp3 (19.3mb)
In 'rePresenting Russia' Simon discusses his approach to documenting modern day Russia for his book Motherland.
Anna Fox - download mp3 (16mb)
Photographing People, a comment on the human condition? Work from the new monograph:
Anna Fox: Photographs 1983-2007, (Photoworks/Val Williams 2007).
Donovan Wylie - download mp3 (16.9mb)
Donavan discusses his British Watchtowers project and the changing role of Magnum photographers.
Gerry Badger - download mp3 (21mb)
Gerry discusses whether photojournalism is still relevant, with particular reference to Magnum.
Jon Levy - download mp3 (12.9mb)
Jon discusses his role as Editor-in-Chief of award winning photojournalism magazine Foto8.
